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Hey Guys,

I like the looks of this inexpensive trestle bridge, but the picture on the box shows it sitting FLAT on the train layout, not spanning a set of piers or approaches.    

Does anybody know whether these are designed to actually span a gap?


Or, are you suppose to build it, then glue it to a short piece of plywood as a strong base, and then set  the plywood across the span?

Also, when you build these "snap-together" plasticville items, are you suppose to glue the pieces together with airplane glue as you assemble it?  (Hard for me to trust a snap-together to hold moving trains.)

Thanks for any info.

Mannyrock

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Certainly glue it together if it is to live in a layout.

But, don't overthink it. these things are short anyway, are they not? Our 3RO track - any brand, really, though it varies - is stiff and structural right by itself, so I cannot see using the bridge as a bridge causing a problem.

Now, if you intend to use, say, 2 in a row, joined without any true central support, and you run 15-lb 2-8-8-2's over it, there needs to be some weighty thinking and consideration and maybe testing.

All this brilliance is strictly theoretical. Don't own one - though I do like P'ville stuff.

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